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Patented Sept. 12, 1893.

, WA QM M M 912mm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID A. LISK, OF CLIFTON SPRINGS, AND TRISTRAM D. BROWN, OF

CANANDAIGUA, NEW YORK.

OlL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,788, datedSeptember 12, 18939 Application filed January 28. 1893. Serial No.459,979. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, DAVID A. LIsK, of Clifton Springs, and TRISTRAM D.BROWN, of Canandaigna, county of Ontario, State of New York, citizens ofthe United States, have invented a certain new, useful, and valuableImprovement in Oil-Cans, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

Our invention has relation to oil cans, pivoted in a suitable case andadapted to be transported from place to place with ease, convenience andsafety. The can is constructed in such manner that it is impossible tolose any oil by evaporation.

In the accompanying drawing's:Figure 1, is a perspective view of the canand case. Fig. 2, is a sectional view of the can and case.

The invention is described as follows:-

1, represents the case in which is pivotally supported the can 2, havingthe discharge spout 3.

4, designates a vent tube which is secured to the can and follows theshape or contour of the body thereof, one end 5, of said vent tubeleading into the can, while the other end 6, leads into the dischargespout 3.

In the end of the discharge spout 3, is a partition 7, which regulatesthe fiow of the oil from the outlet 8. The extreme end of the dischargespout 3, is adapted to engage a stopper 9. Said stopper is secured tothe case 1, and is provided with the universal joint 10, and the underface of the stopper is provided with the soft backing 11. Thus it willbe seen that the stopper closes the discharge spout 3, and by means ofthe universal joint the said stopper can assume any angle necessary toclose the said spout. The oil is introduced into the can through theinlet 12. When it is desired to draw oil out of the can it is tiltedforward as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, and when sufticientoil is drawn the can will assume the position shown in the heavy linesautomatically. This is accomplished by eccentrically pivoting the can inthe case. The case is provided in its top with a suitable handle 13, andin front with a suitable door 1%.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

Adevice for closing the spout of a pivoted can, consisting of a stopperlocated in the path of the spout of said pivoted can, a universal join?having one member thereof secured to a stationary support and its othermember pendent and secured to and supporting said stopper, as set forth.

In testimonywhereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

DAVID A. LISK. TRISTRAM D. BROWN.

Witnesses:

HERBERT G. FITCH, O. B. LAPHANE.

